Uploaded March 2011 | Updated September 2026, 50 minutes ago

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Quake Live is free to play 3D FPS (first person shooter), that can be played from your browser (a small web plugin download is required). It is developed by id Software and published by the same company.

Quake live is modified version of Quake 3 and the gameplay is really fast-paced (classic frag-fest gameplay, set in the futurist world). After choosing the public match game will be shifted to another window (fullscreen mode is also possible) and player is ready to start.

The game includes various game modes:
Duel:
- Player versus player (1-on-1) combat. Whoever gets the most frags before the time is up wins.

Free For All (FFA):
- Players engage in a match, where everyone fights for themselves. Whoever hits the frag limit first wins and ends the game. When the time limit expires, player with the most frags is the winner.

Instagib:
- Free for All mode or TDM where players start with only a Railgun, which always delivers one-hit kills. There are no powerups around the map (ie. health, ammo, weapons). Instagib servers are unranked.

Team Deathmatch (TDM):
- Same rules as Free for All but in this mode, two teams fight each other.

Pro Team Deathmatch:
- a variation on Team Deathmatch for higher skilled players where some of the server settings are changed, such as the respawn time of weapons increased from 12 seconds to 30 seconds.

Capture the Flag (CTF):
- Each team has a base, holding a flag. To earn points and win the game, a player must take the opposing team's flag and return it to their own base, while his team's flag is secure at his own base.

InstaCTF:
- Similar to Instagib (i.e. one-hit kill railgun, lack of powerups, etc.) but in a CTF format. Instagib CTF servers are also unranked.

Clan Arena (CA):
- Teambased gameplay where everyone starts fully equipped with full armor and weapons. When fragged, the player must wait for the next round to begin. Players can rocket jump & plasma climb with no health penalty.

Freeze Tag (FT):
- (subscription only) A team based game mode combining elements of Clan Arena and Team Deathmatch. Rather than spectating when one is fragged, one is instead "frozen", and cannot respawn until a player on their team "thaws" them by standing adjacent to them for several seconds. When all players on one team are frozen, the other team wins the round.

InstaFreeze (IFT):
- Similar to Instagib (i.e. one-hit kill railgun, lack of powerups, etc.) but in a FT format. Instagib FT servers are also unranked.

There are really large category of game arenas way over 50 different. Player can also choose he's/she's characters in settings.

There are also Prerium and Pro (subscriptions) in quake live, these "pro" accounts have benefits such as: customize own matches, +20 prerium arenas, freeze tag game mode, extended match history, create and join multiple clans etc.

Official site: quakelive.com

I played quake first time when I was 4 years old and I have to say that this game is never getting old. I am still playing quake and I love to play it :S.